“As of now, the Kodiak Walmart has over 22,000 new ‘likes’ on Facebook, putting it far ahead of any other Walmart in the nation — far ahead of Kodiak’s actual population, in fact,” Thorpe wrote.

By Pitbull’s deadline, more than 70,000 users had liked the store, located on a southern isle of the Frontier State with a population of about 6,200.

The Miami-based artist responded to Thorpe’s prank in aYouTube video posted on his Facebook page: “I heard that Kodiak, Alaska has the most likes due to someone that thinks he was playing a prank. I said, ‘Okay, great, this sounds pretty good.’ You got to understand I will go anywhere in the world for my fans,” adding that Thorpe too is invited. Read More